diff --git a/gio/gschema-compile.c b/gio/gschema-compile.c
index c074c4aaa..8126d2cba 100644
--- a/gio/gschema-compile.c
+++ b/gio/gschema-compile.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       return 1;
     }
 
-  status = glob ("*.gschema", 0, NULL, &matched);
+  status = glob ("*.gschema.xml", 0, NULL, &matched);
 
   if (status == GLOB_ABORTED)
     {